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Have you read an something lately that made you stop and think?
Each day we scroll past hundreds (maybe thousands?) of tweets, articles, etc and it's impossible to consume it all.
Have you recently read something that you think others should make time for this week?
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Recently, I read this quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up." I found it to be a brilliant observation that made me think.
This one changed my thinking about people with accents ✌️
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/d...
@arunpariyar True.
When I worked abroad, girls and I often laughed at the differences in pronunciation and the meaning of similar-sounding words in our native languages. Sometimes it was extremely funny.
Honestly, I read the lyrics to Kendrick's new album, it gave me pause for thought on several, several occasions
@dylan_merideth I'm excited to finally give that a spin this week. I was a big fan of Damn and heard this one is even more vulnerable and a big game-changer in his career and hip-hop as a whole.
@matthew_ritchie its amazing to say the least, hit me back here with your thoughts and we can share:)
Considering the market uncertainty, this is something for sure worth reading. Written by a16z. Discusses the metrics that matter most in down markets, particularly Burn Multiple.
https://future.a16z.com/framewor...
I recently started reading Growth Hacking by Sean Ellis and I was so surprised and intrigued when I read about continuous product discovery done by many known companies. I never knew Instagram was called Burbn or that Pinterest started as Tote as a mobile commerce app or even that Groupon started as The Point - a fundraising site for causes and groups of all kinds! How cool! Really made me think about the importance of talking to customers and collecting data.
Read this marketing psychology tip shared by the CEO of uSERP Jeremy Moser.
"Nostalgia is a positive emotion based on affection for the past.
Nostalgia can fuel effective ad campaigns by eliciting happy memories and building product / brand association with those feelings."
https://twitter.com/jmoserr/stat...
How to put life on Easy Mode
Common sense that we all need to be reminded of. Simplify and enjoy the process. That's what I needed to understand. And it's within my power.
https://zenhabits.net/easy/
Hi @ryangilbert
I am reading Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear. This is truly a masterpiece. If someone is looking for something prescriptive that will lay out many do's and dont's for creating new habits and breaking old ones. It is full of directly actionable advice. Highly recommended!
Has anyone else started reading or finished reading Atomic Habits? What have your learned from it and do you apply that advice in your life? Could you share your experiences with us?
I can't find the post's link anymore, but it referred to how some marketing campaigns were criticized in the eye of the public, but it was clear that they had good intentions and were trying to keep up with the new trends and era.
It made me mad how some companies have less budget and try to experiment to empower younger people and get criticized.
I've been reading 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest and it's amazing so far.
Something interesting I read this week was this article by Jonathan Hsu from Social Capital that talks about how to quantify how well your product is doing in terms of retention / distribution (growth accounting)
Would defo recommend 👉 https://medium.com/swlh/diligenc...
When Thich Nhat Hanh passed away, I borrowed his 1990 book 'Peace is Every Step' from the library. It's largely credited with kickstarting the mindfulness movement in North America. It's a short read with chapters that are two-to-three pages long. Read a few pages each day, go for a walk, and you'll see the world differently. His teachings feel especially relevant today.
Yes, not just defining success but also defining how failure would look like and planning for a strategy that can help scale but definitely move away from failure.
I am a founder bootstrapping my startup Founders' Book (https://foundersbook.co/) and this is a great insight for me to get the cash flow right.
I have spent time for days digging into portfolios that A16z: https://a16z.com/portfolio/ invested in. I have studied each portfolio's business model and discovered different interesting platforms. Check it out and hope it is informative enough for you guys <3
Few things these past few days have made me think:
1. A list on how to go about effectively measuring/tracking your project:
Have things been easier, more difficult, or just as expected? What lessons have you learned so far that will help you moving forwards? What changes do you need to make? What should you do more or less of to succeed? Are you on track to achieve your goal ( ideal weight, business income goal, mileage clocked)? What have the biggest challenges been so far in working towards your goal and what have you done to overcome them? What possible obstacles are coming up?
2. That Leonardo da Vinci wrote 13,000 pages of notes and drawings. << Taken from book 'Make Time'
I watch a couple of video clips from XiaoHongShu ("little red book", which is the video version of Instagram in China), found that people using systematic tools for reading (stickers, pens and the way they read).
So I started to learn from them. It is great to improve my reading. And I prefer read slow now than fast.
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